Adjustable window-shade holder.



No. 647,604. Patented Apr. I7, |900. VJ. M. MAYS.

ADJUSTABLE WINDDW SHADE HOLDER.

(Application led Oct. 23, 1899.)

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tUivTTnn STATES PATnNT @maroni JAMES M. MAYS, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

ADJUSTABLE WINDOW-SHADE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,604, dated April 17, 1900. Application filed October 23, 1899. Serial No. 734,525. (No model.)

ifo @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES M. MAYS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Vindow-Shade Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Vrlhis invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in adjustable shaderollers, and has for its object the provision of novel means whereby a window'shade maybe easily raised and lowered when desired. Furthermore, the invention aims to construct a device of this character that will easily admit the shade-roller to be applied thereto and re-A moved therefrom at any time.

The present invention further contemplates to design a device of this character that may be adjusted to any height desired in order to obtain a free ventilation or an unobstructed light, as the case may be.

The invention has for its still further object to construct a device ot the above-described character that may be easily applied and fitted to shade-rollers of various widths. Furthermore, to construct the device in such a manner as to present a neat appearance when placed in position, and contains advantages in points of strength, durability, and cheapness of construction.

Vith the above and other objects in View the invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication and wherein like numerals ot' reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in whic Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper portion ofa window-frame and sash with my improved adjustable shade-fixture secured thereto and showing in dotted lines the device in a lowered position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevation of one of the hangers. Fig. 4

is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the opposite hanger. Fig. G is a side elevation of one of the pulleys. Fig. 7 is a t'ront view thereof.

In the drawings the reference-numeral l represents the brackets, which are secured to the window frame in any suitable manner and are preferably fastened by means of screws, said brackets having arranged therein pulleys 2 and 3. These pulleys 2 and 3 are adapted to receive the operating-cords4 and 16, both of which4 operate over the pulley 2 and only the latter of which operates over the pulley 3. The operating-cord a after being carried over the pulley 2 has its end connected to a hanger 5, consisting of a base-plate 6, having an inwardly-extending bent upper end provided with an aperture 8, with its lower end bent over, as shown at 9, to form an upwardly-extending portion 10. A clamp 11 is pivotally secured to this upwardly-ex tending portion 10 and is provided with an opening 12 to receive the pintle-pins of the shade-roller, which are secured in position by means of the end of the portion 10. (See dotted lines, Figs. 3, at, and 5.) In the one clamp this opening will be oblong or rectanguiar in form and in the other may be sub stantially circular. The upper end of the clamp 11- is formed into a loop 13, having an aperture 14 for the reception of the cord et. The hangers are su pported one from the cord 4 and the other from the cord 1G and are identical in construction, with the exceptionthat the one supported from the cord 4 is provided on the rear of the plate 6 with eyes 15 to receive both the cords 4t and 16 for guidance in their operation.

The operation is as follows: The pintle-pins of the sl1ade-roller may be placed in their respective openings in tho clamps when the latter are in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. of the drawings, and as the cords are drawn taut the clamps will be moved to the upright or vertical position, so that the shaderoller will be locked therein. The cords 4 and 1G may be fastened in any suitable manner to the window-frame, and it will be Observed that these cords being operated simultaneously the hangers, together with the shade-roller, will be elevated or lowered as the cords are drawn or loosened, the guides 15 of the one clamp assisting in the guidance oi' IOO out departing from the general spirit of my l invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, :is-

1. The hangers each comprising a baseplate, an inwardly-extending bent portion 7,

adapted to receive said upwardly-extending portion, said clamps being pivotally secured to the port-ion and provided With openings to receive the ends of the shade-roller, eom- .bined With the operating-cords 4 and 16 connected to said hangers, and the pulleys 2 and 3 supported from the window frame and adapted to receive said operating-cords, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a pair of hangers each consisting of a base-plate having an inwardlybent portion 7 and an upwardly-extending portion lO, with a clamp l l pivotally secured to said upwardly-extending portion and provided With an opening to receive the end of a shade-roller, of the operating-cords conuected to said hangers and clamps, and means for guiding said cords during their operation, substantially as set forth.

3. The hanger 5 comprising a base-plate, an inwardly-extending bent portion 7, an np- Wardly-eXtending portion 10, and a clamp l1 pivotally secured thereto and having openings formed therein for the reception of the shade-roller, substantially as specified.

4. The hanger 5 comprising a base-plate, an inwardly-extending bent portion 7, an upwardly-exteudin g portion 10, a clamp adapted to receive said upwardly-extending portion, the latter being pivotally7 secu red thereto and having openings formed therein to receive the ends of the shade-roller, and means whereby said hanger may be raised or lowered, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence ot' two Witnesses.

JAMES M. NAYS.

\\Titnesses:

JOHN NoLAN'D, E. W. ARTHUR. 

